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Ted Hsu
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@tedhsu Thanks for the support! Do you support unscheduling Cannabis? #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/yI7EGQoSLk
— Sam Vekemans (@acrosscanada) April 1, 2014
supports decriminalization****
KINGSTON - Ted Hsu agrees with his party leader Justin Trudeau who said Thursday Canada should legalize marijuana.
The member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands was responding to statements made Thursday by Trudeau, who said he was in support of the legalization — not just the decriminalization — of the drug.
Hsu said he also supports the idea of legalization, a stance the Liberal Party took formally at its 2011 policy convention.
“The devil is in the details, we’d have to work out exactly how it could be regulated and taxed,” he said. “I haven’t studied the details as to how we’d change the marijuana laws, so I’d have to look at those to make sure it works.”
The idea, according to Hsu, is to regulate and tax the drug. The government, then, would have more control over its availability, meaning less gang violence and lower policing costs.
“The evidence seems to suggest that getting marijuana out of the hands of criminals might be a better way of dealing with any problems that come with it,” he said.
He feels that although marijuana use comes with its risks, so do other legalized substances such as alcohol and tobacco.
It’s also far less dangerous than harder drugs like heroin.
That said, he doesn’t think just anyone should be able to get their hands on the substance should it be legalized.
“I certainly want to keep my daughters away from addiction … a lot has to do with how parents raise their kids,” he said.
Trudeau's most recent comments, Hsu said, were in line with the party’s policy mandate, set out at the 2011 convention.
“The members had a debate and decided that there’s some solid evidence behind this idea and there’s some solid economics behind it,” he said. “So I think it’s worth trying.”
“People have looked at it for a long time, and we know what’s not working.”
http://www.thewhig.com/2013/07/25/hsu-backs-legalized-potThe member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands was responding to statements made Thursday by Trudeau, who said he was in support of the legalization — not just the decriminalization — of the drug.
Hsu said he also supports the idea of legalization, a stance the Liberal Party took formally at its 2011 policy convention.
“The devil is in the details, we’d have to work out exactly how it could be regulated and taxed,” he said. “I haven’t studied the details as to how we’d change the marijuana laws, so I’d have to look at those to make sure it works.”
The idea, according to Hsu, is to regulate and tax the drug. The government, then, would have more control over its availability, meaning less gang violence and lower policing costs.
“The evidence seems to suggest that getting marijuana out of the hands of criminals might be a better way of dealing with any problems that come with it,” he said.
He feels that although marijuana use comes with its risks, so do other legalized substances such as alcohol and tobacco.
It’s also far less dangerous than harder drugs like heroin.
That said, he doesn’t think just anyone should be able to get their hands on the substance should it be legalized.
“I certainly want to keep my daughters away from addiction … a lot has to do with how parents raise their kids,” he said.
Trudeau's most recent comments, Hsu said, were in line with the party’s policy mandate, set out at the 2011 convention.
“The members had a debate and decided that there’s some solid evidence behind this idea and there’s some solid economics behind it,” he said. “So I think it’s worth trying.”
“People have looked at it for a long time, and we know what’s not working.”
http://norml.ca/senate-report/politicians-on-cannabis-policy/ted-hsu-lpc/
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